Abstract: | Reaction of a tethered triamine ligand with Bi(NMe2)3 gives a Bi triamide, for which a BiI electronic structure is shown to be most appropriate. The T‐shaped geometry at bismuth provides the first structural model for edge inversion in bismuthines and the only example of a planar geometry for pnictogen triamides. Analogous phosphorus compounds exhibit a distorted pyramidal geometry because of different Bi?N and P?N bond polarities. Although considerable BiI character is indicated for the title Bi triamide, it exhibits reactivity similar to BiIII electrophiles, and expresses either a vacant or a filled p orbital at Bi, as evidenced by coordination of either pyridine N‐oxide or W(CO)5. The product of the former shows evidence of coordination‐induced oxidation state change at bismuth. |